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FLANDERS MAIL. I>NussELs, Dec. 2G.—Letters from the Ittgue, ‘.1.-1,;;:h come from the best source, state, that his ili;zhness the Prince of Orange is re-in- wi 11 mr, the places and offices wIlicl) he be , ,,ri! the 15th November•, at which time !►is was accepted. It is with very lively s.ii , factiou that we announce this happy news, wil! doubtless put an end to the ridiculous 'Xi'l► which the public curio3lty, is conti no,diy I),EussEts, Dr.c. 27.—1 t is by a Decree of his 7si jr sty, ihated the 24th of this month, that his rocal lli 4 .huess the Prince of Orange has been Orvested with all - his functions and militiry 'this Decree was inserted to-day in the ()Ller of the Day of the different corps.compos in%; our garrison. ,'Phis measure could not fail to among the military a generah:satisfactitm, .0.11 is very sincerely, shared by alljnie (fiends • vheir country. .1 . !)"e High Court of'Justice mac to hear to-day appeal . made by the Public Officer. in the af i.,o• ot' the Duke of Wellington, against At. De ro,.;scht , r, 1)1 Ghent ; hut it has• been put off till . ikcision is ma-de respecring•his,Grace's applies to the Court rrf Cassation flow the Decree • •irh has tel : -.cted,his.Appeal. itne,ssELs, DEc. 2p.—lt seems that several ;•Ho, L , es are to he, made in the di ff erent parts of administreion of the war department. It is .!finned that his Royal Highness t' c Prince of %range wilhhe invested with- new functions. On :le•other hand, Belgian of very great merit, ~, h o ha, setved.with distinction in the. admini •••rliion of - the Austrian Army to this moment, as. hi-en CAlied to the Hague and consulted. It said. 1)e has presented a general plait, which, ir adopted, would produce great regularity in the ••,rvice. 1 . he organization of the- Austrian army this respect is a model which"other powers ase in vain attempted to imitate. !Mlt'S DUTCH MAIL. FRoM THE FRENCH FRONTIER, DEC. 21.—1 t still positively asserted at the grand head-quar yrs of the Duke of IVellington, that up to this omeot no diminution of the Army of Occupation thought of. The report of the approaching p„rture of the Danish, Saxon, and Hanoveriatt• a.,,nringents has wholly died away, and these corps e to receive, in the- course of the next month, ~we detachments to fill up their complement. 'lt snpposetrthat the Allied Powers will resolve n o .ni nothing in this respect, before the end of the sent sitting of the Chamber of Deputies at is. The measures for placing the troops of ,e Army of Occupation in barracks are continued :, 4 13.p. , the whole line. ilAnue, DEC. 25.—Yesterday being the anni ,,:sary of the birth-day of his Impetial Majesty he Emperor' of Russia (his Makasty entered into 4lst year), the day was. clebyttecl in a vvry. :oilnant manner by his Excelleoey Lieutenant-Cie -eral Baron Von Ptohll, the Russian Ambassador ,traordinary, who gave a splendid ball and sup . at which the Royal Family were present, and : :reat many persons of distinction. The Minis 's hotel was finely illuminated. FaANKroaT, DEC 16.—Very large quantities ;if hops have been bought up within these few (I,,ys for English account, so that the price rose ;lisin Si) to 100 florins per cwt. On this sudden i - se, speculators immediately set off for Bohemia other hop countries. RoNIGSBURG, Dec. I6.—The weather here 'is HI mild, but our seaters are thickly covered with The prices of corn keep ‘ii). L. LETTER FROM STOCKHOLM, Du. 1.2. There has just been published here the fallow trig remarkable Report of wit at. has occurred in Government of the Kingdom since the last i)iet, signed by•his Majesty the King, and the Chancellor, Baron Witterstedt Doting the period which has elapsed since '!,- last Assembly of the States, the general peace, and.the amicable relations of the Kingdom with i g n Powers, have afforded his Majesty atappy portimity to direct his exertions and cares to the ; • , • , tnotion of trade and ißdustry, and of the in , roar Administration. •‘' Though the 'rapid transition from war to ;•are, particillarly after the violent convulsions !rave diiitiuguisbed the last 20 years, has had a proportionate influence on the trade of -s,yedeu and. the revenue of its Customs, yet his •,i,tj.:sty has had the satisfaction to find, that influence, which is so striking in the richer :•iropean States, has pot been considerably j,l ions to Sweden. It was to be foreseen it the transit trade, after the re-establishment of e ire Europe, would return to its ancient than , is—anti tha•, c o nse quently, Sweden could not ,ttaio the only chitnnel ; and notwithstanding he which time King has been forced to toe, time to time, for maintaining the currency, according to the wish of tbe.l.)iet, ice been added to this, yet the revenue of - the , Customs has even exceeded the sum upon which States bad calculated. • Attentive to profit by every opportunity to ' mica' advantages to tire trade of the King in, his Aljestv has concluded a Treaty Of•Com :qt.? with rhe United States.of North. America, , :tp!ed on a perfect eqtrality ttf rights autlprivi , Though'this Trealy, .with the .eideption ,r -.owe less impottantopointsi which .were to be ; 1,, subject of a new olegociation, has been already tritied by the Presi4nt' of the United States, yet could not be published on account of the sego r: ion still pending; but his Majesty hopes we SOW) he able to . make it. knower: _ _ Treaty has been concluded with the Court respecting the commercial relations be :. cvn Sweden and . Finland, the ratifications of - Lich• will shortly be exchant:cd ; and hi s Ma t .p.• is convinced that the Diet will learn with :t..nre the equity, and, at the same time, th e ,-!v,r;idgrs of the principles on which this Treaty • • To Inifil the obligations of which his Majes ,. ;,e.i.aioted the States at the Nit Diet, the Duchy of Pomerania and :the island of 1114,Ten were given up-to the Prussian Government in October, 1815, several payments haVe been made by Prus sia on account of the sum agreed upon, and the arrears arc relative principally to the accounts still to be settled with the inhabitants - of Pomerania, many of which were as unexpected by his Ma jesty, as their amount is exaggerated. As. the negociation has now taken a decisive turn,- his Majesty confidently hopes that iit will be speedily concluded in a satisfactUry manner. " His Majesty has- the satisfaction to be able to announce to the States that the foreign debt of the kingdom in Hambairgh, Holland, Genoa, and Antwerp, has been paid in the manner fixed by the Diet. The loan in:Leipsig is the only. one which has not been paid. His Majesty has, how ever, the best founded hopes that with the exact observance of-the principles of payment prescribed by the States in.1812. - atidl.Sls - ;this also will not be long delayed,,and,. tbus.the promise fulfilled which his Majesty and the Crown Prince made to the States at their last meeting, namely, to pay ()tithe whole foreign Mil,. wliieh . was . so oppressive to the kingdom, so disproportioned .to. its power, and the interest of which would have absorbed near tWO-thirds, of the slim - now granted, or above 800,000 rix dollars , in cash." His Majesty then proceeds to develope. what has ;been done in the various• branches 9f the internal adtninistration. AMER ICAN PAPERS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The Minister of his .Catholic Majesty (the Chevalier De Onis) arrived. at the seat of Government yesterday. The Members of the National. Legislature are rapidly assembling at the seat at Government, and, from the numbers already arrived, there is no. doubt. but a quorum of. both Houses-‘vill convene on Monday.— (Nat. Intel ) CONGRLSA. RALTrmoRs, Nov. 28.—0 n Monday next the National . Legislature will convene at Washington. Notwithstanding. the present is a.period of pro found peace in l ttrope, and the clarion of war is not heard, save in the Southern Provinces of onr own Conti►►ent, yet there can be no doubt that subjects of much importance will occupy the de lilt:rations of Congress. We hope to see liberal, enlarged, and really national policy adopted with regard to our domestic manufac►ures, and that our nt ernal relations . generally, as far as is expedient, will receive the salutary influence of legislative interference. It is an opinion which has met with general credence, that the cause and situation of the pa, triode Governments of South America will he exa mined, and the propriety of acknowledging the in dependence of one or more of them attentively considered. The official con►nttuticatious of the m egat i em appointed to inquire into the exile• ttiency of the latter act, no doubt, will be pro ductive.of vet y important, and perhaps conclusive weight, in the determination of the question. It has been promulgated with an appearance of authenticity, that Don Ouis, the Spanish Minister, has in his possession sealed dispatches from his Government, which are to be presented to Con gress at the succeeding Session. These are said to he an offer, on the part of Ferdin4nd, to cede the Horidas to.tl►e United States, 1 .,, r a stipulated con sideration. Should this prove to be the fact, it is sincerely hoped that tl►e attention of our legisla ture will be called to the subject at an early day in the Session. The present state of affairs at Amelia earnestly requires the interference of some Power capable of establishing outer and government, and afford ing it protection from the hand of pirates. and freebooters by which it is now infested. When that island fell into the power or the besiegers, under •M'Gregor, we rejoiced at the event, be cause we regarded it as the first movement towards the emancipation of the Floridan, and were im pressed with the belief that the possession of that island would operate greatly to promote the com mon cause of South American freedom, by the facilities which it would afford the patriots as a place of rendezvous and equipment. We do not censure the original intention of M'Gregor ; the course of conduct which he pit.- , sited, and the measures adopted by him at the onset, furnish at least presumptive evidence that his views were himourable, and that his object was to have taken possession of St. Augustine. He wAs- no doubt deceived in his expectations of aid ; and we now see that the consequence has been, the conversion of his conquest into a common receptacle for freebooters of ail nations and hues; of which, however, the sable appeals to bear the predominance. We cons;der.it a ditty enjoined on our Govern ment, as the head of an independent nation, to arrest and completely put a period to these pro ceedinp7,s. Oor own commerce and the commerce of the world demand their interference Let them, by their determinations on the subject, prove to other nations, that, however greatly they value liberty and the freedom of states, yet it re (Ores something more than the mere name of pa/riots to ensure their countenance and approba tion. Should negociations not be entered into'With the Svanisii (;overnmeut at an early day of the Session,, t4.e trust and bHieve that Congress will see the absolute necessi y of interposing, and taking possessintn of the island of Amelia, with such other ports„ within the territories of Spain, in the vicinity of the United States, as may be (keine(' expedient. to counteract and prevents de-- predations: upon our commerce, as well as. upon. the commerce of other i varions, from an unautho rized sonice. We believe we hazard nothing i n , asserting., lthat- the.;:titue is near at hand, when hoth Amelia and Galvestown will he taken pos session of by . o , fir Government, and held for future disposal.. THE NEW CABINET. The judgment of the President has been, we think, lemarkahlv displayed' in the selection of his Cabinet OtEcers'. lie could not have nulled , a greater mass of talent and infovatativu. The Gentlemen who now compose the Cabinet Conn- Cil of the natii:n gave been long before the public, end are distinguished. alike by their literary taste and pOlitical intelligence. Mr. Adams, the present Secretary of State, has distinguished himself in the literary and . politi cal world, Tas a writer and a statesman. In both he has evinced ability and knowledge, and deserv ed well of his country. In addition to his mental qualifications, be poisesses a habitude for business, and discharges the laborious duties of his present office with great regularity and dispatch. . _ - Mr. Crawford is r a man of strong and discri minating mind, balancing with accuracy, and de ciding with promptitude. Like the present At tornev-General, he owes his elevation to his own intellectual powers and individual exertions ; and offtrs: another instance of the excellence of our Government, in affording an unlimited field to the operation of intellect, and .a free , goal to the at tainment of virtuous ambition. He was a good Secretary of ‘Var, and is as.good a, Minister of Finance. The same energies and powers are dis played in every thing he undertakes, and are in all useful to his country. Mr. Calhoun, now Secretary of ‘Var, is, a young man of fine genius and singular talent. While a leading member in the popular branch of our na tional legislature, he astonished all who• heard him by the rapidity and fire of his eloquence, and the quickness and accuracy of his mind. He may, perhaps, from his.youth and the character of his intellect, be too fond of novelties that are only calculated to surprise and dazzle, but age will mellow his mind, and render its efforts more beneficial and 'salutary. We doubt not lie will execute the duties of his present station with abi lity and satiSfaction, and be a very useful member of the Cabinet. Of Mr. Wirt, it is scarcely necessary to add any thing to what we have already said of Ile is so well known as a profound lawyer, a fine speaker, and a classical and elegant writer, that to say more in his pi iise, would be a work of supererogation. It may only be observed that he has risen to the situation ofAttorney-General of the United States, from obscurity and indi gence, by the superiority of his mind, and by his own unaided and individual exertions. These gentlemen form a halo of, reputation around the President, and hold ont.to the country promises of utility and advantage, in which all will participate, and with which all must be gra tified.—(Washington City Gazette) BALTIMORE, Nov. 27.—Messrs. Rodney, Gra ham, and Bland, Commissioners. to South Ame rica, with Air. Brackenridge, Secretary to the Mission, left this city this morning in the steam boat Virginia, for Not folk, where they will em bark, on board the Congress frigate,, Captain Sin clair, and proceed immediately to perform the duties of their appointment. BALTIMORE, Nov. 29 —The revenue cutter Dallas, Captain Smith, arrived at Savannah On the 22d instant, front a cruise, bringing into that port the Spanish schooner Tantella, with 137 slaves, hound - for Havannalt, but captured by the privateer Brutus, and ordered into Amelia. The Tantella being discovered by the Saranac, sta tioned near the island, a boat was dispatched from her, with an Officer, for the purpose of boarding ; but Austin, the prize-master of the schooner,would not suffer the Officer to go on board, and a volley of musketry was fired into theboat,which,however,did nodamage.. Capt. Elton perceiving this,the Saranac immediately gave the schooner a broadside, which cut away her briom, and disabled her much ; not withstanding which, she made her escape into Amelia. Captain Elton demandea the Tantella, but was refused ; on which he blockaded the port, suffering nothing to pass, which induced Aury to gibe her up ; not, however, until he had taken out' seventeen slaves, and plundered her of many valuable aricles. The 'lamella was ordered to the port of Savannah for adjudication, under con voy of the cutter D a llas. GENERAL PAEi.-It having been declared in the Philadelphia Democratic Press, that the patriot Gen e ral Paez is a black man, a writer in the New York Columbian contradicts, the• assertion, and says, '' He is a white, born in Merida, the capi tal of the province to which it gave its name, It was he that destroyed the greatest part of Moril 10's forces, in his march from Santa Fe to the p►ovioce of Venezuela. He now commands the provinces that had been freed by the valour of his arms, viz. Barinas, Merida,Truxillo, and Cucu- Extract of a Letter from Natchitoches,. dated Oct: 17. "The patriots in Mexico are forming reren dezvous, with a view to the organization of ano. they auxiliary army on the river St. Marc, on the frontier of Texas, which empties itself into the hay of St. Joseph this rendezvoits is expected to form a •ggneral depot for dis,eipline and supplies, and thr Mexican pattiots mean to afford everyon, c,oitragement to all who wish to join the standard of liberty. There is no doubt that they will b e „able to concentrate a . large force there, and the precautions taken to move with discipline, and assure supplies, will render every movement they make effective. The people of Mexico are no doubt very ignorant generally, hut there is not one, of them that does not know. the difference between a government within themselves and the oppressive system of Spain and its deputies. They require only a small. army well organized, with a - suitable Staff to conduct details. without weaken ing.the line, to become excellent soldiers. • They arc wonderfully prompt at imitating and acquir ing habits that are novel and agreeable to them, • and living no great way from the Tropic, are hardy, and can bear privations as well as our Indians. I think. many of our young men will hid a fine field open here by the beginning of the new year."---(Aurora,) CURIOUS HORSE.—An extraordinary, fin, horse colt is in the possession of Mr. May, of the Red Lion Inn, Borough ; it is only six months old, 14 hand, high and is remarkable for the fineness of his symmetry in every respect but orle,.and that renders him an object of great curiosity, and un fortunately, of uselessness. He is made on the back precisely like a camel, and the veterinary frirgeons cannot account for the singular fortis of the annual.. THE ARMY. The following is a copy of the Oath. to be taken by half-pay Officers, to entitle them to receive their allowance : " A-. W. appeared personally before. me, and made oath, that he had not, during any part of the period,, from the 25th of to the 24th of --, both days inclusive, any other place or employment of profih • civil ar militaryyntnl4 his Britannic Majesty,. or. in the service of any other Government, besides the Allowance granted to him by his Britannic . Majesty,' as- a reduced --- of the --- Regiment of alteration, erasement, or interlining, admitted. • The 2d battalion 12th regiment of foot, tered in Athlone, were disembodied on the 24th nit, and the following Officers placed on half-. pay from the 24th of next month : Lieutenant-Colonels Carnie and the Honour able H. C. Lowther ; Majors Sale and Filth ; Captains Whannell, Read, Shee, Clnsbol m , J. N. Read, Burrowes, Fitgerald, and Baxter; Lieu tenants Dun, Barrett, Morgan, Chnnherlain, Davey, Glascott, Myddleton, Hicks, Clarke, Blackhall, and Prior ; Ensigns Thomson, Stirke, Archer, Clarke, Newman, Gardiner, Tripp, and. Leith ; Paymaster Fidel), Q*earter7master., Page,, Surgeon Morrison, Assistant-Surgeons Ligert,. wood and Hendrick. The 'battaliou are now doing duty as ; a dept in the county of Rose om .... mon, until the arrival of' the Ist from Pnrts,f; mouth. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Bow-STREET.---Yesterday Geo. Taylor, a por-, ter, employed at the Golden Cross Inn, Charing eross, appeared to a summons, charging him with an offence under the Porterage Act, in neglecting to deliver a parcel, containing game, &c. in due time after its arrival in London, to which the de fendant pleaded not guilty., Wicket) Hodges, Esq. of Grafton -street, Fitz roy-square, stated, that on Sunday last, the 28th, inst., he received a basket of game, &c. at his house, when it was past five o'clock, which had been brought to London by the Gloucester Mail-. coach that had arrived early the same morning. The defendant admitted that the parcel. came by the Gloucester mail-coach, at the inn, before ten o'clock on Sunday morning, and his defence for not having taken the parcel sooner, as direct ed, was, that he had no right to deliver it on that day, it being Sunday ; however, the Act making no provision for ,the observance of the Sabbath,' and not admitting of any excuse, the defendant, was convicted in the, penalty, with the costs.' MARLBORoUGH-STREET.—The greater part of yes:erday was taken up in the re-examination of Henry Leach, reputed the fastest runner in Eng. land, on the charge of having fraudulently con verted to his own use 51. with which lie was en trusted as stake-holder, The Magistrate con ceived that a fraud had - been committed, but the prosecutor consented to an adjournment for a , week. UNiorr-HALL..— Yesterday the driver .of the. hackney-coach, No. 817, was summoned before . the Magistrate, for conduct minsually.outrageous, in refusing to stop, when he was, desired. by a. Lady, who had hired his coach, and with assault-, ing her and several Gentlemen who,, stopped the coach. He was convicted in .the penalty of 101. an d in default of payment, calm - Mit - echo the House of Correction for three months to hard labour. WORSIIIP-STREET.--Joseph Gullimore, a hack. ney coachman, in the employ of Mrs. Nicklin, widow of Mr. Wm. Nicklin, Hacktieyman, Wind sor-terrace, City-road, was finally examined on a charge of having retained a desk, which was left in his coach, and which contained • con3iderahle property. The Magistrate thought the evidence conclusive, and the prisoner was fully committed:' SUDDEN DEATIV—,-A few days ago, as a young man, footman to the Right Hon. Jou N HILE Y ADDINGTON, M. P. was at supper with the rest of the servants in the ball, at Langford-court, near Bristol, (the se at of the above Gentleman), he was suddenly. seized with a violent illness, which rendered it necessary for bini to be cow veyed to bed, and hashortly afterwards expired. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.- ' llllll'Sday l!ist as . Mr. Brown, of Denmark-alley, was. returning home from Hamstead to London, acompanied by, , a little dog, as they proceeded along the Hamp. stead-road, they were met by a cow driven by a boy; in consequence of the dog barking at it, the infuriated beast made an attack upon "the dog, which Mr. B. endeavouring to check, he was tossed almost instantaneously some yards from the ground, and falling on some brambles on the opposite hedge, he remained in a state of torment till by a sudden effort be extricated himself. Air. labours under several severe 'contusions. Friday se'nnight a melancholy accident happen ed at Kirkbunton, in this county. Mr. John Johnston having come in .from shooting, put his gun on the rack in the kitchen, charged, from whence it was soon taken by his son, a boy about ten years of, age ; who laid it across a chair, and began to meddle with the lock ; the gun went off, and its contents entered the side of Mr. John— ston's daughter Jane, who was standing by the fire, about tour yards front the muzzle, and she expired in four hours. She was nine years of age.—(Whitehaven Paper.) BIRTH. Early yesterday mornin t ; the Lady of William Lowe, Esq. of 11 , 1ontague-trect, Russell-square, of a son. MARRIgII. Yesterday, at St. James's Church, Westminster, Lieutenant• Colonel Brereton, of the Royal African, Regiment, to Marga ret Anne, widow of the late John Allen Olton, Rsq• of Bar badoes. DIED. In Spring Garden, near Dublin, Mr. John Byrne, aged 73. He' was upwards of forty years employed in the Chief Secretary Office, Dublin Castle, in which situation he gave general satisfaction, and was highly respected and esteemed. On. the z,ilst ult. at her residence in the Edgeware.-road, Re 7 beeca, the wife of Rear-Admiral Charles Dudley - Pater, aged 34. LONDON: Printed by J. R. CARSTAIRS, of No. 29, Great Ormond -street, (4t;een-square; an:l published by W. A. stI(IPPS, of. No. 7, South Nlolton-street, fit THE SUN °dice, No. 112, Strand; where advertisements ) Orders, Letters, &e. (post-laid) must be addressed. f tl ~. k'Ml